The Relationship Between Job Burnout and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese Firefighters: Colleagueship as a Moderator. 2022

Lei Cui, and Ning Huang, and Yashuang Bai, and Mingqi Fu, and Sidra Zia, and Jing Guo
From the School of Sociology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (Dr Cui); Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China (Dr Huang, Mr Bai, Dr Guo); Center for Social Security Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China (Dr Fu); and Sociologist and Independent Researcher, Islamabad, Pakistan (Ms Zia).

This study aims to investigate the association between job burnout and depressive symptoms among Chinese firefighters, assuming colleagueship to play a moderating role in the aforementioned relationship. This study is based on an online survey recruiting 1328 Chinese male firefighters from July 1 to August 31, 2021. Multiple linear regressions were used to examine the associations. This study revealed that all dimensions of job burnout were associated with worse depressive symptoms. Cynicism (β = 0.30; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.236, 0.356) had the strongest association with depressive symptoms, followed by emotional exhaustion and inefficacy. Moreover, firefighters with better affective colleagueship (β = -0.10; 95% CI, -0.141, -0.061) and better obligatory colleagueship (β = -0.07; 95% CI, -0.115, -0.034) were less likely to have depressive symptoms when confronted with job burnouts. This study suggests employers and practitioners should target their intervention efforts at both job burnout and colleagueship.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007588 Job Satisfaction Personal satisfaction relative to the work situation. Work Satisfaction,Job Satisfactions,Satisfaction, Job,Satisfaction, Work,Satisfactions, Job,Satisfactions, Work,Work Satisfactions
D008297 Male Males
D011795 Surveys and Questionnaires Collections of data obtained from voluntary subjects. The information usually takes the form of answers to questions, or suggestions. Community Survey,Nonrespondent,Questionnaire,Questionnaires,Respondent,Survey,Survey Method,Survey Methods,Surveys,Baseline Survey,Community Surveys,Methodology, Survey,Nonrespondents,Questionnaire Design,Randomized Response Technique,Repeated Rounds of Survey,Respondents,Survey Methodology,Baseline Surveys,Design, Questionnaire,Designs, Questionnaire,Methods, Survey,Questionnaire Designs,Questionnaires and Surveys,Randomized Response Techniques,Response Technique, Randomized,Response Techniques, Randomized,Survey, Baseline,Survey, Community,Surveys, Baseline,Surveys, Community,Techniques, Randomized Response
D002055 Burnout, Professional An excessive stress reaction to one's occupational or professional environment. It may be characterized by feelings of emotional and physical exhaustion, coupled with a sense of frustration and failure. Career Burnout,Occupational Burnout,Burnout, Career,Burnout, Occupational,Professional Burnout
D002681 China A country spanning from central Asia to the Pacific Ocean. Inner Mongolia,Manchuria,People's Republic of China,Sinkiang,Mainland China
D003863 Depression Depressive states usually of moderate intensity in contrast with MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER present in neurotic and psychotic disorders. Depressive Symptoms,Emotional Depression,Depression, Emotional,Depressive Symptom,Symptom, Depressive
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000077062 Burnout, Psychological An excessive reaction to stress caused by one's environment that may be characterized by feelings of emotional and physical exhaustion, coupled with a sense of frustration and failure. Burn-out,Burn-out Syndrome,Burnout,Burnout Syndrome,Burnout, School,Burnout, Student,Psychological Burn-out,School Burnout,Student Burnout,Burn out,Burn out Syndrome,Burn-out, Psychological,Psychological Burn out,Psychological Burnout
D061388 Firefighters Professional or volunteer members of a fire department who are trained to suppress fire and respond to related emergency. Fire Fighters,Fire and Rescue Personnel,Fire Fighter,Firefighter

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